monKevski wrote:I still see him at 86. Last season he made too many mistakes as that he deserves a higher Def value.

I don't actually rate him as an 86 to be honest. I think he's more of a strong defender who makes quite a few mistakes. He's known to be a good defender due to his Strength [Balance], Aerial prowess [Header/Height] and his reading of the game ain't half bad either. I'd have his defence at 85 if I was being fair. To be honest, I'd rate Andrea BARZAGLI ahead of him positionally.

TO have him on 85 would be fairer in my honest opinion as it'd have him on par with

Yes, okay, you're right about that, but then I would raise his BB.I didn't see any player who outmuscle him or could do that and it's not only because of his size.I see him on par with Simunic there, so I would go for 90.

Done it.I made also some slightly in other areas, e.g. with TS: 73 and Acc: 77 he would be too slow for his size and in my eyes he hasn't such that good Acceleration. His passing in general was getting better as well and for his size he still has a good jump, so 75 would be to low there.I also change his Condition to 7, he can make a lot of games in a row and if he has no injuries this season I would raise it even to an 8.

Edit: Also added *Marking as he's even good in that way to follow his direct opponent.

What do you think about giving Mertesacker *D-Line? Today you could see that without Mertesacker the German national team shows problems in "managing" offside-traps. The same applies for Bremen. Naldo is a great defender, too... but Mertesacker is the leader of the defense.

This guy is very experienced already, though he is still quite young. That's why Mertesacker seems to me like one of the players influencing his teammates by organizing the defense.

with this stat , he can't be stay in Germany team. I don't mean you to change his data , I just wonder why Low choise he be the NO.1 place in Germany. I seldon watch his playing but I know he sometimes score a winning goal for Bremen.